White House spokesman called a news site a 'left-wing blog' — and the news site fired back

The investigative-journalism site ProPublica fired back at the
White House press secretary on Monday after he called it a
"left-wing blog" and downplayed its report on President Donald
Trump's finances.

The
report, published Monday, said an unreported clause in
Trump's trust document allowed the president to draw money from
his 400 businesses without disclosing it.

When confronted with the report at his daily press briefing,
Spicer attempted to discredit the source.

Spicer said he wasn't "aware there was any change" to the trust.

"Just because a left-wing blog makes the point of something
changing doesn't mean it actually happened," he said.

The response from ProPublica was fierce. In a lengthy series of
tweets, the nonprofit news site picked apart Spicer's claim and
defended itself from the accusation of partisan bias.

1/ So @seanspicer just called us a “left-wing blog.” Since we’re actually in the biz of facts, we figured we’d respond w/ a few...